The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...
The Grant Soil & Water Conservation District was awarded a $237,109.25 cooperative agreement by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act program. The award will support habitat improvement projects associated with water systems or supplies affected by Bureau of Reclamation projects in John Day, Oregon through December 31, 2025. Specifically, the Conservation District will work to improve fish and wildlife habitat in the area in...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $700,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517) to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) on May 2, 2025. The purpose of the award is to support CTUIR's habitat restoration and endangered species recovery efforts in the Grande Ronde Basin in Oregon. Key project activities include habitat improvement projects along the Ronde River, McCoy Meadows, Catherine Creek, and Meadow Creek,...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,998 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Wood River Land Trust Company, a non-profit organization in Hailey, Idaho. The grant funding will support the Wood River Water Collaborative's efforts to update the Big Wood River Atlas, addressing the health of the nearby Big Wood River watershed's natural floodplain. The project will convene a working group of diverse stakeholders to consider potential...
This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 grant award under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA #15.685) will fund two key fish habitat restoration projects in Oregon. The $4,324,657.25 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the Union Soil and Water Conservation District in improving fish passage and habitat connectivity in the Grande Ronde River sub-basin. The first project will construct a fishway around the Elmer Dam on Catherine Creek to restore...
This $692,624.14 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program aims to restore ESA-listed salmon and steelhead populations in the Grande Ronde Basin of Oregon. The key activities include: Targeted PIT tagging of juvenile salmonids to estimate hatchery and natural origin predation Developing a release group study to address overall mortality in the valley Evaluating the impacts of hatchery release pulses on...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $995,669 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC) and Deschutes Basin Board of Control (DBBC) to study and design habitat restoration projects benefiting the threatened Oregon spotted frog and sensitive native redband trout along the Deschutes River in central Oregon. The funding will support site studies, analysis, and conceptual design for projects...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $297,831 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Big Hole Watershed Committee, a non-profit organization in Montana. The grant will fund the committee's efforts to update their watershed restoration plan for the Big Hole watershed, which is critical habitat for the last fluvial population of Arctic grayling in the lower 48 states. Key activities include digitizing and consolidating existing water data, analyzing...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $765,600 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The grant will fund the development of final construction designs to remove and re-route a 0.65-mile segment of State Route 207 away from the Nason Creek floodway in Chelan County, Washington. This will restore approximately 13 acres of floodplain habitat, including side channels and wetlands, to benefit endangered...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,013,207.73 WaterSMART (CFDA 15.507) grant to the Deschutes Land Trust to restore 124 acres of aquatic, floodplain, and upland habitat at the Ochoco Preserve in Crook County, Oregon. The project aims to create over 2 miles of new main baseflow stream channels, 1.5 miles of side channels, and over 11 acres of wetlands to support reintroduced Spring Chinook salmon and Summer steelhead populations. Additional planned restoration efforts include 37 acres of...